smart skin parametric workshop book draft available on lulu.com

Posted by griffa on 2011 January 8 · 1 Comment

the draft version of the book cataloguing the workshop “smart skin for sustainable dwelling” held in sept 2010 @ polito, as a joint program rensselaer polytechnic institute (troy, ny) + politecnico di torino, is now available on lulu.

edited by cesare griffa, ted ngai and graziella roccella, with all the students works and a prologue by dean rocco curto. after another few rounds of checks and editing, and final review by dean evan douglis, this beta version will be sent out for potential publishers.

purchase a printed full color 388 pages or download pdf for free:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/parametric-workshop-2010/14451291

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Cesare Griffa is an architect and designer based in Turin (Italy). His work explores the application of advanced generative design tools, digital fabrication techniques and algal bio technologies for the development of sustainable architecture and design. He internationally lectures on the topics of digital and sustainable architecture. Before opening his own practice in 2006, he studied at the Politecnico di Torino and the Architectural Association in London, and practiced with Zaha Hadid Architects and Arata Isozaki & Partners. He is a Fulbright fellow, and Master Coordinator at IED Torino.
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Predicting a sustainable future
In the coming future, global population as well as the temperature of the planet will grow dramatically, while fossil resources will decline. There will be a need of more and more energy and food, and the necessity to reduce green house gas emissions. A designer, that is an innate specialist of future prediction because his work will happen forward in time, has to take in account these apparent limitations and use them as resources. A great responsibility towards future generations is on our shoulders, and our job is to face this amazing challenge with creativity!
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